For me, this is a sacred story. With our hearts closed all we can do is place the words on our hearts and know that one day our heart will break open and we will remember. If it is true for myself it is true for others. It is not a defeat to recognize that there are doors that only unlock from the inside. And what did they do in the folktales? They built their fires, and sang their songs and danced the darkness down till the demons melted into the light and the great secrets burst like pomegranates and fed sweet juice to their lips and they swam the river home to freedom.